In a response to racial acts that occurred in the State College community last spring, several local churches and groups have formed the Interfaith Coalition Affirming Diversity to help resolve racial problems in the borough. At the American Lung Association's first annual "NonDependence Day" yesterday, several Centre County businesses and groups were commended for instituting smoke-free environments during the past few years. The First Amendment protects James Whitehead, the University junior who released a message condemning gay men and lesbians on an international computer system last semester, and therefore he cannot legally be punished, University administrators have decided. The University filed an appeal yesterday at the Centre County Court of Common Pleas in the $4,000 civil small claims case involving the disputed grade of a Penn State alumna. A prominent gay rights group working with the Lesbian and Gay Student Alliance continues to criticize the University's slow handling of a student's international computer message condemning gay men and lesbians. On Monday, the State College Borough Council struck down a Fair Housing Ordinance designed to protect all categories of sexual preference, and instead narrowly adopted one that parallels existing state and federal laws and provides for a local arbitration board. University sophomore Jennifer Nalitz, 19, died June 27 following an auto accident.
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